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S orell M emorial H all ===== To contact anyone to get some information call this number 62652453 her name is Mrs Reynolds or to make any enquiries for the hire of the hall just ring 62690000. The memorial hall was built in 1952 and opened in 1954 by govenor sir ronald.there was no building were the memorial hall was because the sorell market was there all the time.Quit alot of people visit the memorial hall because there was weddings, ball dancesthe st georges parish fair and even suppers were held there on all different days and for all different occasions.the government paid 5 thousand pounds pounds and the council gave 9 thousand pounds.It all measured up t6o 35 feet tall. It was made for all the men and women that fought in the first world war. It was firstly made were the sorell antiques centre is right now. The Sorell Memorial Hall contains a kitchen, a stage, a hall, a supper/meeting room and an oval. It has two statues in front of it. It is used for the [|Sorell market], the Pittwater art club and the historical society of Sorell. It is located on Coles Street and is opposite Walker Street. Sorell is North East of Hobart and is about 20min away from it.

__the sorell memorial hall __ The Sorell market was opened in 1991. Back then it only had a second hand stall, a gift stall and a plant stall. Today it has about 60 stalls selling fruits and vegetables, antiques and collectables, second hand stuff, furniture, animals, plant, tools and much more. there are childrens activitys and plenty of food and drink stalls. It always starts at 9am. It is held every Sunday in summer and every second Sunday in winter. For more infomation on the Sorell market call 03 6243 8282 or 0417 509 558.

One of the statues is white and is for the Boar war and the other is black and for the 1st World War.

The Sorell Memorial Hall was built on May 28th 1921 there are two statues at the front of the Memorial Hall. One is to remind about the Great War 1914-1919. And on the the front of the statue to the right it says: "Elected by the residents of the municipalty of Sorell this stone was laid by Sir William Allardyce, Govenor of Tasmainia." The other [|statue is for the Boar war] (1880-1902). On it it says: "This stone was erected by the officers and men of E. Squadron 5th Battalion A.C.H in the memory of those men who died at sea during the voyage of HMT Drayton Grange from South Africa to Australia."

Here are some names that are on one of the [|staues at the Memorial Hall:] K.D.Hean 20.6.1916 S.R.Wiggins 5.7.- J.H.Millington 30.1.1917 F.J.Mcdermott 3.2.- W.Townsend 27.2.- E.G.Banard 10.4.- C.Young 11.4.- R.E.Quintall 7.6.- M.P.G.Joseph 4.10.- R.E.Quintall 5.10.- N.S.Birchall 12.10.- A.Carran 6.10.- C.R.Young 13.10.- A.V.Banard 22.10.- F.J.Denholm 12.1.1918 W.H.Banard 21.1- A.T.H.Bender 0.3.- P.V.Sutton 23.4.- P.joseph 3.5.- G.H.Long 23.7.- G.Blackwood 24.7.- C.E.Kingston 11.8.- A.R.Blackmoore 2.11- LEST WE FORGET.

The Sorell memorial hall is made out of bricks and corrugated iron. It was built after the great war (world war one). The design is a bit clumsy but cointains all the things it needs. It is in a good-fair condition. there has not been any fires and it has not been developed.

All the infomation above came from these websites: 1. [|Http://www.sorell.tas.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=247] 2. [|Http://www.skp.com.au/memorials2/pages/70068.htm] 3. [and attractions/heritage and culture/museums and artgalleries/?a=37758|Http://www.discovertasmania.com/activities and attractions/heritage and culture/museums and artgalleries/?a=37758] and the memorial hall. We also used a book: 1.Sorell Heritage Study volume 5. It does not say who the author was or the year it was made. Thank you for looking at our page.

Shara & Tayla